Welcome to Bosnia and Herzegovina The Heart-Shaped Land Where East and West Meet
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Welcome to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Heart-Shaped Land
Where East and West Meet
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
...lies in Southeastern
Europe on the Balkan peninsula
boardering Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Serbia
and Montenegro.
Facts and numbers
• Capital city: Sarajevo
• Climate: Continental Mediterranean climate
• Area: 51,197 sq kmPopulation: 3,879,296
• Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (which used to be one language)
• Alphabets: Latin and Cyrillic
• Religions:Muslim 40%, Orthodox Christians 31%, Roman Catholics 15%, Jews and other 14%
The biggest cities (and our AFS chapters)
Sarajevo
The biggest cities Banja Luka
Olympic mountains
Nature
Waterfalls
Fields
Waterfalls
Fields
Waterfalls
Fields
Olympic mountainsOlympic mountainsOlympic mountainsOlympic mountains
Adriatic SeaAdriatic SeaAdriatic SeaAdriatic Sea
WaterfallsWaterfallsWaterfallsWaterfalls
FieldsFieldsFieldsFields
Traditional Cuisine
Bosnian coffeeBosnian coffeeBosnian coffeeBosnian coffee
Cevapevapevapevapciiiiciiii
BurekBurekBurekBurek
BaklavaBaklavaBaklavaBaklava
SarmaSarmaSarmaSarma
HistoryNeolithic Age (2400 b.c.)
Roman Rule (from 300 b.c.)
Bosnian medieval state (10th century) - Steććććak
Bosnian Kingdom – First King Trvrtko I Kotromanićććć (1377)
Fortress from Bosnian Kingdom
HistoryOttoman Rule (1463 – 1878)
Austro-Hungarian rule (1878 - 1914)
Kingdom SHS and Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941)
Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina
in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943 - 1992)
Independent Bosnia and Herzegovina
(from 1992)
Did you know?
Banja Luka hosted the World Rafting Championship in 2009 which gathered around 600 athletes from 55 teams from 35 countries.
The XIV Winter OlympicGames were held inSarajevo in 1984. Sarajevo was also the first city in Europe and the second city in the world to have a full-time operational electric tram network.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has two Nobel Prizewinners: Ivo Andric, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and Vladimir Prelog in Chemistry.
Did you know?
The movie "No Man's Land" directed and writtenby Danis Tanovic from Bosnia and Herzegovinawon the Oscar for the best foreign movie in 2002.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is...
• One of the most diverse countries in Europe.
• Wonderful mix of cultural and natural heritage.
• Well known by its hospitality and treating the guests as if they were family - and family we take to
heart.
• A Strong AFS Volunteer Network with local
chapters in two biggest cities.
Heart-shaped land bridging the
East and the West
If you want to...
...have the best time of
your life...
... learn three languages (Bosnian, Serbian and
Croatian)...
...meet various culturesand religions...
...break prejudices...
...spend a year or
three months in
a beautiful country
Connecting
East and West...
...meet nice people...
...enjoy Balkan music...
...just come to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
...where AFS volunteers are looking forward to meet you...
...and make sure you are having great intercultural experience!
AFS in Bosnia and Herzegovina
AFS programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina are runsince 2002 by UG Interkulturni susreti u Bosni i Hercegovinior in English Intercultural meetings in Bosnia and Herzegovina
in the cooperation with AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.
10101010 years of intercultural meetingsin Bosnia and Herzegovina2002 - 2012
Find us...
Our website: www.afs.ba
Facebook:www.facebook.com/isubih
YouTube:www.youtube.com/user/isubih
We look forward to welcoming you!
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